Mixed (Divisive)

Due to this movie having a few quirks, of which may work for some and for others be a problem, we believe your enjoyment of this movie will depend on your taste.

Marfa Girl – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview At worse, Marfa Girl is just another Larry Clark film featuring actors who look like teenagers, maybe are teenagers, having sex and odd conversations. Though, at best, it captures the peculiarities of living in a small town in which there is nothing to do so everyone is either having sex, getting high, or taking…

The Age of Adaline – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview While another example of how rape culture is infused in the romance genre, through stalking in this case, it is hard to deny that a piece of you wants to forget the beginning of the film’s romance to focus on its present and future. Review (with Spoilers) – Below

The Benefactor – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview What begins as something interesting in which you expect an old man seeking redemption slowly spirals into the tale of a guilt-ridden drug addict with possible arrested development. Trigger Warning(s): Drug Addiction and Self-Harm (Cutting)

Tangerine – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

When a young woman, fresh from prison, learns her boyfriend cheated on her, she goes all around town to find the woman he cheated on her with, and then him, and all the while her best friend watches the drama unfold.

Syrup – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Image, marketing and sex(ism). That pretty much that sums up Syrup. Review (with Spoilers) What drew me to this film was a .gif set I’ve been seeing on Tumblr for months dealing with the Amber Heard’s character giving advice to women on honing the various labels given to them and combining them to be…

Princess – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview A troubling relationship between a child and her stepfather goes ignored and we watch her means of coping. Trigger Warning(s): Pedophilia & Rape Characters Worth Noting Adar (Shira Haas) | Michael (Ori Pfeffer) | Alma (Keren Mor) | Alan (Adar Zohar-Hanetz)

My Golden Days (Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse) – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview While I won’t claim to be familiar with French cinema’s tropes, clichés, and what have you, based off what I have watched and perhaps reviewed here, I can definitely say that those familiar with French tragic romances will find little new here. Rating: TV Viewing Trigger Warning(s): Blackface Characters Worth Noting Paul (Quentin Dolmaire…

Newlyweeds – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Newlyweeds is a quick love story which finds an outsider, namely weed, being what brings two people together and what pushes them apart. Review (with Spoilers) This is one of those films which pop up on your radar and because it isn’t coming out anywhere close, or is too expensive where available in theaters,…

X-Men: Apocalypse – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Once again a mutant with a superiority complex shall rise, and Magneto will be a part of it because he is forbidden from having a truly happy ending. Rating: TV Viewing Trigger Warning(s): Blood (gore) & Body Horror Characters Worth Noting Charles Xavier/ Professor X (James McAvoy) | Magneto/Erik (Michael Fassbender) | Jean Grey…

Mr. Right – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Plot Overview A former special agent, who now kills people who put hits on others, find himself in New Orleans and falls in love. Problem is, besides you know people trying to kill him, he and this girl are crazy. Rating: TV Viewing Trigger Warning(s): Lots of blood and gunshots. Also violence against women. Review…

Morgan – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview A young semi-human being is seemingly glitching and with that comes the need to analyze if she is a failed project or not. Trigger Warning(s): Gun Violence | Blood | Flinch Worthy Violence

Mr. Holmes – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Initial Thoughts With Robert Downey Jr.’s version of Sherlock Holmes out there, as well as Benedict Cumberbatch, having another Holmes out there seems like over saturation. However, this Holmes is Sir Ian McKellen. Someone who, honestly, I don’t think I’ve seen in anything besides the X-Men films. So, needless to say, I found myself interested…

Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Introduction Every year we get a slew of coming of age stories in which, often, if you don’t live near a metropolitan area, you have to wait weeks, or months, for it to come to a theater near you. Now, with Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl I initially skipped seeing it during its opening…

Match – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview A movie which feels very much like a theatrical play in which Patrick Stewart, and company, put on such good performances that it helps remind you they aren’t just their most well-known roles. Review (with Spoilers) – Below

Men, Women & Children – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview An ensemble drama dealing with overbearing parents, porn addiction, marital issues, and abandonment. Review (with Spoilers) When it comes to comedians like Adam Sandler, as I mentioned in the Hateship, Loveship review, often their dramatic roles, especially after they have peaked, are far superior to their comedic roles. If just because most comedians have…

Comet – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview A love story in which the timeline of the relationship gets scrambled up and gives you the impression that what you see maybe reality or just all part of a very vivid dream. Review (with Spoilers)

Copenhagen – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Copenhagen flips the familiar story of an older man utterly changing a young woman’s life by having her change his. Trigger Warning(s): Pedophilia Review (with Spoilers) – Below

Miss Meadows – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview A woman, who seems like a twisted Disney princess, becomes one area’s local vigilante. Review (with Spoilers) I have never really been a Katie Holmes fan. I have seen two of her films, First Daughter, when I was a kid, and Batman Begins, but never watched Dawson’s Creek, nor really have looked into her…

The Duff – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview The Duff has an early 00s Disney Channel show appeal, but with less wholesomeness, more cursing, and the type of jokes Nickelodeon would try to get away with. Review (with Spoilers) – Below

Sake Bomb – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview An abrasive Japanese guy, and his cousin, go on a road trip to find the woman who left the cousin without notice. Review (with Spoilers) It is rather hard to find Asian comedies, or movies starring people of Asian descent period, especially if they aren’t martial arts films. However, Sake Bomb seems to want…

Molly Maxwell – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview What starts off as the type of film you wish was a series, becomes another movie about a love affair you know can’t work out. Review (with Spoilers) As you could probably tell based off the films and shows I watch, I have quite a fondness for media about people on the cusp of…

Sing – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview While Sing may not be a classic in the making, it still makes for a good way to spend almost 2 hours. Review (with Spoilers) Noted Actor(s) Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) | Ms. Crawly (Garth Jennings) | Johnny (Taron Egerton) | Mike (Seth MacFarlane) | Meena (Tori Kelly) | Meena’s Grandpa (Jay Pharoah) |…

Brilliant Mistakes – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview A cute love story tainted, slightly, by the grief and guilt of those affected. Review (with Spoilers) Like so many films I review, especially as of late, this is another film which likely you may not have heard about, but is perhaps worth seeing. For despite pretty much having no actor amongst the bunch…

Brightest Star – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview A love story about getting the girl, losing her and repeating the process a few times. Review (with Spoilers) Between Jessica Szohr, who disappeared from my radar since Gossip Girl went off, and Rose McIver who is on both Once Upon a Time and Masters of Sex that, for me, was the main draw…

Boyhood – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Imagine a supercut of a show like Boy Meets World, and you pretty much have Boyhood. Trigger Warning(s): Domestic Abuse & Homophobia Review (with Spoilers) It’s hard to ignore a film which is getting universal praise and is probably the first, or one of the few, to use the same actors across various time…

Bridegroom – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview A love story chronicled from both men’s beginning to one’s end. Review (with Spoilers) As the world goes from some sort of malice toward homosexuals to tolerance, movies like this remind you of how silly it is people can actively hate a group of people who do them no harm. But, thankfully, as much…

Born To Be Blue – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview A love story. A love story featuring a musician trying to make a comeback and an actress just trying to make it. Though with him being a former heroin addict, one who thinks to tap into his talent he needs his drugs, can they survive? Rating: TV Viewing Trigger Warning(s): Drug Use (Needles &…

Filth – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview A trippy story about a corrupt cop tumbling his way to rock bottom. Trigger Warning(s): Drug Abuse, homophobia, sex with a minor, and sexism Review (with Spoilers) Since Trainspotting, I have had an interest in Irvine Welsh’s films. From the drug abuse to the trippy scenes, and then the central characters who as out…

Birdman – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Multiple actors, putting on a Broadway play, seek validation and relevance. Review (with Spoilers) Straight up, the only reason I saw this film was due to Emma Stone. For while I liked Michael Keaton as Batman and Betelgeuse, I can’t say he has the type of name which makes me want to go to…